Data ‘o the day
by digby
All those people out there who are so concerned about the slutty beyotches who are killing innocent little blastocysts with their birth control pills might want to give a thought to the millions women who have other issues:
The most common reason U.S. women use oral contraceptive pills is to prevent pregnancy, but 14% of pill users—1.5 million women—rely on them exclusively for noncontraceptive purposes. The study documenting this finding, “Beyond Birth Control: The Overlooked Benefits of Oral Contraceptive Pills,” by Rachel K. Jones of the Guttmacher Institute, also found that more than half (58%) of all pill users rely on the method, at least in part, for purposes other than pregnancy prevention—meaning that only 42% use the pill exclusively for contraceptive reasons.
The study—based on U.S government data from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)—revealed that after pregnancy prevention (86%), the most common reasons women use the pill include reducing cramps or menstrual pain (31%); menstrual regulation, which for some women may help prevent migraines and other painful “side effects” of menstruation (28%); treatment of acne (14%); and treatment of endometriosis (4%). Additionally, it found that some 762,000 women who have never had sex use the pill, and they do so almost exclusively (99%) for noncontraceptive reasons.
But then, to many of those who believe in the literal translation of the Bible as those Hobby Lobby folk do, pain is a feature not a bug. Because Eve was a terrible hoyden for eating that apple and God was really, really pe-oed about that and increased her labor pains because of it. I’ll guess that since all women are lying, cheating, devious whores underneath it all anyway, any pain “down there” is probably Godly.
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